The men walked away from the Black River Correctional Facility the night of July 17. After allegedly stealing a truck and shotgun in Black River Falls, they allegedly kidnapped a woman at Ho-Chunk Casino at gunpoint.

After driving around with the woman for several hours, the men let her go and stole a truck in Sparta. After a chase with police, the men ran from officers into a wooded area south of Tomah.

Newman and Misleveck were spotted in a parking ramp at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in the same black Chrysler Concorde they stole last week from Juneau Road south of Tomah.

When police tried to stop their car, the men drove away and led officers on a high-speed chase through a residential neighborhood.

The men then stopped the car and ran from officers. James Misleveck tried to climb a fence, but officers caught him before he could go over.

James Newman climbed a tree and was eventually surrounded by police. He then jumped out of the tree and tried to run again, but was taken down by a police dog.

Misleveck is being held in the Broward County Jail. Newman was treated at a hospital for injuries related to his run-in with the police dog, and released to police.

A federal charge was filed against Newman and Misleveck Wednesday for being felons in possession of a shotgun. If convicted on the federal charge, they face a maximum of 10 years in federal prison.

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